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Does anyone have a clue what this article is on about? I know what Sinistar is, I've played it. But let's see... 'twitch games'? Never heard of them. Gyruss claims to be the first arcade game with stereo sound. And just what is a 49-way joystick? Spottedowl 17:11, 18 Jan 2005 (UTC)

A "twitch game" is one that requires fast reflexes. Admittedly, it's not used as much as it once was. I can't speak for the stereo sound, but the joystick I can explain. A joystick in, say, the Pac-Man arcade game has a 4-way joystick. It has four switches: up, down, left, and right. Any direction between these is "rounded" to the nearest direction. In some games, the in-between directions (e.g., up and left switches both on) were recognized as distinct directions. Some arcade games have 8-way joysticks with 8 switches (up, up-left, left, down-left, etc.), and it is possible to recognize in-between directions for a total of 16 directions. Sinistar, by contrast, has a joystick with 49 switches to allow finer control of direction. (To my knowledge, it doesn't use directions between these.) That's also why it's virtually impossible to play using a standard keyboard or videogame controller. (Though an analog joystick works well.) Babomb 20:14, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ron Howard

While he is chasing you, he says further things, such as "Run coward!", which sounds a lot like Ron Howard, which is what led the developers to dub the game "Opie-star". Wow, really? Wow. Wait-- really? Max22 04:45, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

It seems to be a proven fact. I quote from the "Midway Arcade Treasures" videogame:

"They could have done more accurate voice synthesis, but elected to go for an eerie low quality with more sentences instead. The office joke was that when the Sinistar said, 'Run Coward!' it actually sounded more like 'Ron Howard,' which is where the game received its codename: 'Opie-Star'."

Several "Sinistar" fansites mention it and, to me, it really does sounds like "Ron Howard" in the game!

I hoped this helps! --Mr. Sinistar 00:23, 28 May 2006 (UTC)